In brief:
1932 Born, McCall, Idaho.
1949-51 Attended Vanport University, Portland, Oregon.
1954-59 Portland Art Museum School, Portland, Oregon.
1967-71 Instructor of Art, Mt. Angel College, Mt. Angel, Oregon.
1976-79 Visiting Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon.
1979 First visit to Nepal and India.
1985 Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship to research traditional bronze casting methods
of the Newari of Nepal.
1987 Oregon Governor's Award for the Arts.
1992 Masters Fellowship in Sculpture, State of Oregon.
1994 Travels in Cambodia and Thailand.
1995 Visiting artist to Sapporo, Japan, part of Portland-Sapporo Sister City Program.
2000 Travel to Burma and Nepal
2003 Travel to Anasazi sites, American Southwest.
2004 Travel to India & Sri Lanka
2005 Travel to Patagonia, Argentina & Chile
2006 Travel to Haida sites, Queen Charlotte Islands
2006 Travel to Japan: Kyoto, Naoshima, Tokyo.
2008 Travel to New Zealand.
Selected Public & Corporate Collections and Commissions (1985 to
present):
2009 Steel sculpture; Evergreen High School, Vancouver WA. Commission by Washington
State Arts Commission.
2008 Wall sculpture, stainless steel; West Port Physical Therapy, Portland OR.
2007 Howard's Way, stainless steel sculptures with color insets; The Civic, Portland OR.
2006 Loowit. painted steel sculpture; Legacy Hospital, Vancouver WA.
2005 Fish Ladder, a sculptural fish ladder for Blue Lake, Central Oregon.
In collaboration with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Stainless steel sculpture (two parts); Meridian Park Hospital, Tualatin OR.
Angkor Weep, stainless steel sculpture; Quimby Welding, Portland OR.
2002 Box Loft, stainless steel with light; Box and One Lofts, Portland OR (Fletcher, Farr, Ayotte, architects).
Lava Ridge and Four Columns; Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.Re-siting of Akbar's Garden; University of Oregon School of Architecture, Eugene OR (formerly at Claremont Hotel, Berkeley CA).
2001 Lupin Fugue; Oregon Garden, Silverton OR.
1999 Healing Place, stainless steel & stone; St. Vincent Hospital, Portland OR.
1998 Bend Gate, Corten steel (32' high); City of Bend, Bend OR.
1995 Stainless Dreaming, stainless steel; Portland Community College at Rock Creek, Portland OR
Salmon River, stainless steel, sculpture for Sapphoro, Japan. Part of Portland-Sapphoro Sister City Program.Friendship Columns, two stainless steel columns, 24' high; North Waterfront Park, Portland OR With composer Michael Stirling.
1989 Aeolian Columns, stainless steel and porcelain enamel columns fitted with organ pipes;
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland OR.
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Memorial for Sir James McDonald; Elk Rock Garden, Portland OR.Arch With Oaks, stainless steel, 48' high; Cornell Oaks Corporate Center, Beaverton OR.1985 Bell Gate, stainless steel, porcelain enamel and turning mechanism; Bellevue Pedestrian Corridor, Bellevue WA. Collaboration with Bonnie Bronson and David Cotter.
Akbar's Garden, stainless steel, 17' high; Claremont Hotel, Berkeley CA.Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Corten steel, 14' high.Omark, Corten steel, 14' high; Omark Industries, Portland OR.
Selected Private Collections and Commissions (1985 to present):
2007 Stainless steel sculpture (two parts); Munch residence, Portland OR.
Icarus, stainless steel sculpture (three parts); Pope residence, Portland OR.Wall sculpture, painted steel; Andrews residence, Portland OR.
2006 Tahoe, steel sculpture; Dolly Lemelson residence, Incline Village NV.
Wall sculpture; Gustafson residence, Portland OR.Wall sculpture; Johnson residence, Portland OR.
1999 Powell Fountain, stainless steel fountain & re-circulating pool; Michael Powell residence, Portland OR.
1998 Sculpture; Robert & Shake Sarkisresidence, Seattle, WA.
Sculpture; Don & Emilie Frisbee residence, Portland OR.
1992 Shipley Wall, wall sculpture; Joan & John Shipley residence, Portland OR.
Obelisk, stainless steel and acrylic urethane paint, 30' high; Tina & Reed Wilson residence, Portland, OR. With composer Michael Stirling.Schnitzer Garden, stainless steel sculpture with acrylic urethane paint, 9' high; Arlene & Harold Schnitzer residence, Portland, OR With composer Michael Stirling.
1989 Hart Garden, garden elements, including sculptural waterway; Paul Hart & Jan Jacobsen residence, Portland, OR.
Boly Garden; private garden and fountain, Corten steel and porcelain enamel; Jeff & Diane Boly residence, Portland, OR.
Selected Exhibitions (1984 to present):
2009 77th Spring, new sculpture; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR. Drawings for 77th Spring; Winestock, Oregon City OR.
2008 Doubtful Sound, new wall sculpture and retrospective of paintings from 1959 to 1965;
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
New Drawings; Winestock, Oregon City OR.
2006 New Sculpture; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
2005 New Sculpture; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
Works on Paper (group show); The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst OR.Memory 99: Outdoor Sculpture; Leland Iron Works, Oregon City OR and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.Recent Wall Sculptures; Oregon State University, Corvallis OR.
1998 Ships of Renewal & Other New Work; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
1997 New work; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
1995 Lee Kelly: Sculpture, career retrospective; The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst OR.
1993 Sound Garden; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
Collaborations In Steel & Sound; Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane WA.
With composer Michael Stirling.
1992 Tools of the Butter Trade; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
1988 Collaborations In Steel & Sound; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
With composer Michael Stirling.
1987 Love Variations; Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Incidents of Travel in Asia & Yucatan; Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland OR.1986 New work; Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR.
1985 Yucatan Series; Hodges/Banks Gallery, Seattle WA.
1984 Outdoor Sculpture, year-long retrospective; The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst OR.